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It's easy for him since he wrote most of the code himself so he knows how it all works and fits together so short notes are all it takes to get the clue, but go
by FirmwareBurner 3y ago
It's easy for him since he wrote most of the code himself so he knows how it all works and fits together so short notes are all it takes to get the clue, but good luck finding your way around projects where you didn't write 90% of the code and it's constantly changing under your nose from other people's commits.
- intelVISA 3y agoGlad to see this, I'm a mega John fanboy as they come but the reality is this is close to the ideal working env for a hacker of his talents. The single biggest hurdle to good code is somebody else touching it and the other major hurdle is not owning the company/product direction. Again, I am happy to recognize him as a genius no doubt, but I couldn't imagine he would've lasted in a CRUD Java gulag. Those places... break people.
- lionkor 3y agoI currently work every day on a codebase that is >95% not mine and changing, and its very fun. Some days I'm just as productive as on my own projects, sometimes 1% of that. I think there is great value in letting yourself enter this hacker flow state on other people's code - its new and exciting.